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Top aide to British PM denies wrongdoing in run-up to Iraq war LONDON (AFP) Jun 25, 2003 One of British Prime Minister Tony Blair's closest aides went before a parliamentary committee Wednesday to deny any wrongdoing in controversial documents that made the case for war on Iraq. Nine rescued from sinking ship off Somalia, six others missing: US Navy WASHINGTON (AFP) Jun 25, 2003 A German navy supply ship on Wednesday rescued nine seamen who abandoned a sinking ship off the coast of Somalia, but six other crew members were missing, the US Navy said Wednesday. House votes to award British PM Blair gold medal for Iraq war support WASHINGTON (AFP) Jun 25, 2003 The House of Representatives voted Wednesday to award British Prime Minister Tony Blair the Congressional Gold Medal, the country's highest civilian honor, for his steadfast support of the US-led invasion of Iraq. |
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Fresh Israeli strike in Gaza yanks Palestinians back from brink of truce GAZA CITY (AFP) Jun 25, 2003 An Israeli air strike targeting a Hamas militant killed two Palestinians in the Gaza Strip Wednesday, dealing a blow to mounting expectation of an imminent truce announcement by armed Palestinian factions. US general says Iraqi weapons intelligence "perplexingly incomplete" WASHINGTON (AFP) Jun 25, 2003 A top general who is to become head of US Central Command said Wednesday that US intelligence on the weapons of mass destruction in Iraq was "perplexingly incomplete." DR Congo: No guns rule comes into force in battle-scarred Bunia BUNIA, Democratic Republic of Congo (AFP) Jun 25, 2003 Dozens of armed rebel fighters pulled out of the traumatised northeastern Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) town of Bunia on Wednesday, in line with a "no visible guns" rule imposed by an EU security force. Palestinian student, taxi driver killed in Israeli strike on Hamas militant GAZA CITY (AFP) Jun 25, 2003 A Palestinian teenager and a taxi driver were killed Wednesday in an Israeli air strike in the southern Gaza Strip that targeted a militant of the radical Hamas movement, Palestinian sources said. US army says B-52 dropped nine bombs killing Marine in Djibouti DJIBOUTI (AFP) Jun 25, 2003 An accident in which a US marine was killed and eight injured in the Horn of Africa nation of Djibouti was caused by nine stray bombs dropped by a B-52 bomber during an exercise, the US army said here Wednesday. Close aide to British PM denies wrongdoing in run-up to Iraq war LONDON (AFP) Jun 25, 2003 One of Prime Minister Tony Blair's most closest aides went before a parliamentary committee Wednesday to deny any wrongdoing in controversial documents that made the case for war on Iraq. |
B-52 dropped bombs killing Marine in Djibouti: US army DJIBOUTI (AFP) Jun 25, 2003 An accident in which a United States Marine was killed and eight injured in the Horn of Africa nation of Djibouti was caused by nine "errant bombs" dropped by a B-52 bomber during an exercise, the US army said here Wednesday. Turkey to host NATO expansion summit next year ANKARA (AFP) Jun 25, 2003 Turkey will host a summit of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization next year which will notably welcome in seven new ex-communist members, Foreign Minister Abdullah Gul announced Wednesday. Second Palestinian killed in Israeli air strike in Gaza Strip GAZA CITY (AFP) Jun 25, 2003 A second Palestinian was killed Wednesday in an Israeli air strike east of Khan Yunis in the southern Gaza Strip, Palestinian medical and security sources said. Ivory Coast's "wild west" normal after being secured by peacekeepers BANGOLO, Ivory Coast (AFP) Jun 25, 2003 Ivory Coast's lawless western border with war-ravaged Liberia has returned to normal a month after French and west African peacekeepers entered the troubled area and secured it. Woman killed in Israeli air strike on Hamas militant in Gaza Strip GAZA CITY (AFP) Jun 25, 2003 At least one Palestinian was killed Wednesday in an Israeli air strike east of Khan Yunis in the southern Gaza Strip, Palestinian medical and security sources said. Traffic on Danube restored in Serbia BUDAPEST (AFP) Jun 25, 2003 Traffic along the River Danube in Serbia and Montenegro has been fully restored after debris was cleared from three bridges destroyed during NATO airstrikes in 1999, the Danube Commission said here Wednesday. |
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